LSU at South Carolina
Saturday, October 14, 1961 Share
LSU beat South Carolina 42–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, LSU led the series 5–1 as played.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 57°FAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1961, page 1 (results column)
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The preseason warning by several of the Atlantic Coast Conference football coaches that the ACC would have to draft more and better football players to keep pace with its scheduling is being borne out. After four weeks Of play, Maryland and Virginia have scored the only non-conference victories by ACC teams, and Virginia’S triumphs have been over Southern Conference OPP position. LaStNSaturday the ACC teams had three games with South eastern Conference teams and we’re outScored, 1877. Louisiana State thumped South Carolina. 42–0; Georgia Tech won over Duke, 2l-0; and Alabama wore down N. c. State, 26–7. The latter game was close for three periods. Worse Next Year Next year it could get worse. North Carolina plays Ohio State, Michigan State and Notre Dame in 1862, and the Tar Heels have a predominantly senior team this year. Within two years Clemson’S opponents will include Okla homa. Georgia Tech and Texas
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
LSU 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every LSU–South Carolina gameOfficially, LSU leads 19–2–1; as played, 21–2–1 in 24 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
| 2025 | LSU 20, South Carolina 10 | |
| 2024 | LSU 36, South Carolina 33 | |
| 2020 | LSU 52, South Carolina 24 | |
| 2015 | LSU 45, South Carolina 24 | |
| 2012 | LSU 23, South Carolina 21 | |
| 2008 | LSU 24, South Carolina 17 |
Around this game
LSU
- Next gamevs. KentuckyOct. 21, 1961
- SeasonLSU in 1961
- ProgramLSU history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaOct. 21, 1961
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1961
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

